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90 Degree Requirements 1. All Doctor of Philosophy students are required to complete the comprehensive exam, with a score of 80% or higher, and participate in an oral defense of that exam. 2. All Doctor of Philosophy students are required to complete a doctoral dissertation and participate in an oral defense of that dissertation. Students must have successfully passed a minimum of 15 credits in dissertation (CO 4000, 4100, and 4200) before the defense. 3. A minimum of 66 hours is required for the degree. 4. Satisfactory completion of Personal Formation requirements during Practicum, Internship I and Internship II. 5. Students who do not hold a professional counseling license (e.g. LPC) by the start of CO 2210 must select CO 3410 for one of their internship opportunities. 6. Students' total internship hours must cover at least three of the five doctoral core areas (counseling, teaching, supervision, research/scholarship, and leadership/advocacy). This will total a minimum of 600 hours over the course of four semesters. Graduation Requirements 1. Satisfactory completion of a minimum of sixty-six semester hours. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 is required for graduation. 2. Satisfactory completion of a doctoral dissertation, including an oral defense of that dissertation 3. Satisfactory fulfillment of any requirements determined by the Counseling Student Assessment Team. 4. Submission and approval of an application for graduation. Students must submit the graduation application via the online form by the deadline posted for the semester in which the student expects to graduate. Students may contact the Registrar's Office for the link to the graduation application for a given semester. After the graduation application submission deadline, students will receive notice of their application approval status. 5. The fulfillment of all financial obligations to Denver Seminary. 6. Completion of all course work that is applying to the degree within seven years from the date of first enrollment in courses (this includes any transfer credit that is applied to the degree). Withdrawal for any period of time during the degree program does not affect this time limit.